Evacuation Tips for Special Needs Families – Part Two
Emergency evacuations are difficult and stressful for anyone. For families with special needs children, an evacuation could present such a challenge that making a plan becomes critically necessary. However, not everyone has a plan, let alone an idea of where to begin.
Emergency preparedness is something we all should take seriously and we all tend to put off because we don’t have the time or perhaps the desire to think about it. Evacuations become suddenly necessary at times, and without a plan in place, those evacuations can turn our lives upside-down in an instant.
So, the disaster that sparked an evacuation creates a second level of disaster in our lives when we are forced out of our homes, schools, or offices with little warning and no supplies. Coping with the fallout and surviving successfully depends on our preparedness. (more…)
